GM advisory panel is slanted, say critics

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The National Research Council (NRC) panel to examine genetically modified pesticide-producing plant has been criticized for being slanted in favour of the biotechnology industry. The NRC is responding to criticism with the appointment to the panel of Rebecca Goldburg, a senior scientist at the Environmental Defense Fund and vetting of remaining members of the panel for the extent to which their income comes from sources with a vested interest in the outcome of the study.

Management, Safety and security measures, Genetically modified plants, National Research Council

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Race is on to find successor to Varmus at NIH

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National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Harold Varmus is to become president of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre in New York, NY. Deputy Director Ruth Kirschstein will be acting Director. The NIH hopes to be able to get a permanent replacement for Varmus confirmed before the presidential election in Nov 2000. For this to happen, it will be necessary for a nomination to arrive in the Senate by late winter 2000 or early spring 2000.

Officials and employees, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, United States. National Institutes of Health, Varmus, Harold E.

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